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Ms. Moore there aren’t enough flowers in the world for us to shower you with. Here go more “Reality Rap” vs “Gangsta Rap” clarification for the kids asking for context. Pre crack the public enemy in Sam’s land was the Italian mob, not Mobstyle or Mobb Deep. Our beloved Harlem has always been about extremism and since the dawn of the century it’s been an illustrious hub of overly competitive spirits prideful about the preservation of family legacy through success by any means. 180 negative and 180 positive these lucky gentlemen were ironically the real life NYC street figures that barely survived the game of death. Losing the majority of their comrades to violence between 87 and 91, they choose to make independent “Reality Rap” as a way to transition out of crime by rapping about the pitfalls that come with destroying their communities. Similar to the lifers group with our brother Melvin down in Rahway the rap fans heard the real testimony from the horses mouth and not talented college kids that skipped classes to emulate hard rocks. The movie Sugar Hill accurately depicts the relationship between who really flooded the streets of Harlem with narcotics and who they chose to control ghetto territories. Without the justification of our brothers decisions, it really took strong will power back then to resist the urge in 83 when our ghetto’s were starving. Between the Council’s flamboyant spectacle and the comical commercial cinematic embarrassment about a Cuban immigrant’s lust for the American dream, the youth wanted a turn at the game. Peace to all the beautiful women of our city that inspired this underground classic and held down the original black rap Mob, no disrespect to Hav because we have the flyers to prove they all rocked shows together and had the name first. Let knowledge be born…. #ViejaNuevaYork #PreBikeLane #PreTollLaneNYC #JukeBox #132nd #145th #SugarHill